LTHS PreAP Chemistry Calendar 2013-14
Note that dates are tentative and are subject to change based on class progression.
August
Monday
A/B
School Begins
Check prerequisites;
Personal info;
Syllabus, website;
Safety Contract
Demo: Density of coke
cans; Could you eat a
20 cm pizza?
POGIL: Nature of
Science
26
(Note: homework
assignments are due
at the beginning of
the following class,
unless otherwise
stated)
Tuesday
A
Safety Procedures
Demo: Flaming ramp
Chapter 3:
Metrics: base units,
metric prefixes;
Mass vs. weight,
Derived units: rate,
area, volume
(1 dm3=1 liter,
1 cm3=1 mL);
Density (incl. water);
Specific gravity;
Temperature scales;
POGIL: Sig Figs
Lab Activity:
Density of Penny
27
Wednesday
Thursday
B
28
(Note: blank days
Friday
A
29
B
30
Quiz: Metric units
Scientific notation;
How to use a scientific
calculator;
Measurement and
uncertainty;
Significant figures
…in measurements
…in calculations;
Percent error
Lab Activity:
Significant Figures
will follow same
sequence as
preceding day)
Tonight’s HW:
Read Chapter 4;
Begin safety poster
(due 9/5-6)
Study – Complete list
of Polyatomic Ions;
Quest HW due9/3-4
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 3,
Register for Quest
Account
Study - Introduction to
Polyatomic Ions
September
Monday
2
Holiday
Tuesday
A
Demo: (CO2/Candle)
“Put out the light”;
MSDS sheet activity;
Chapter 4:
Dimensional analysis;
Define unit factors
based on equalities;
One-and two-step
metric conversion
problems;
Converting complex
units; “Converting
Leagues” worksheet
3
Wednesday
Thursday
B
4
A
Safety Procedures
Converting more
complex units (ratio
units, squared and
cubed units);
Practice conversions;
Review polyatomic
ions; Graphing Skills;
5
Quiz:
Sig Figs/Metric
conversions
Tonight’s HW:
Complete safety poster
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 9/5-6
1
Friday
6
B
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A
10
B
Safety poster due
Test:
Measurement;
ProblemSolving in
Chemistry
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 2;
Study polyatomic ions
and complete
MSDS activity,
POGIL: Classification
of Matter
A
Quiz:
Polyatomic ions #1;
Lab Equipment PPT
Chapter 2:
Matter: elements,
compounds, mixtures;
Phy/chem properties
and phy/chem change
(digestion, distillation,
electrolysis, to
tarnish, ferment,
precipitate);
Endo-/exothermic;
Conservation of mass;
11
12
B
Tonight’s HW:
Read Chapter 5;
A
Equipment quiz
(Socrative)
Demo: Fermentation
and distillation;
Chapter 5:
Subatomic particles;
Discuss Dalton,
Thomson, Rutherford
and Bohr models;
Atomic number
Mass number
Atomic mass;
Practice basic atomic
structure
Lab Activity:
Paper Chromatography
(filter paper circles)
13
Tonight’s HW:
Complete “What’s in
an Atom” worksheet
16
B
A
Video: Lab Accident at
Jefferson High;
Safety review;
17
B
18
Quiz: Lab Safety;
Isotopes;
Percent abundance;
Intro to periodic table;
Lab Activity:
Properties of Mg
Tonight’s HW: Quest
Homework due 9/1920
23
A
Test:
Matter, Basic
Atomic
Structure
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 6;
Study polyatomic ions
POGIL: Chemical
Nomenclature
24
B
A
Quiz: Basic atomic
structure/abundance;
Video segments:
Discovering the
Elements (DE)
Lab Activity:
Percent abundance
investigation
(candium/beanium)
19
20
B
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and review
sheet to prepare for test
A
Quiz:
Polyatomic ions #2;
Chapter 6:
Ionic vs. Molecular
Compounds;
Formula units vs.
molecules;
Laws of proportions;
Review charges &
naming ions;
Polyatomic ions;
Formulas for Group A
binary ionic comp.
25
2
26
B
A
Naming & formulas
for Group B
compounds; Ternary
ionic compounds;
Ionic formula practice;
27
Quiz: Binary group A
ionic nomenclature
Lab Activity:
Inductive analysis of a
mixture (sand, salt,
iron)
Practice worksheet
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October
Monday
September 30
7
Tuesday
B
A
Nomenclature
flowcharts (p.161-2)
Wednesday
A
2
3
A
Naming and formulas
for binary molecular
compounds;
Acid nomenclature and
properties (p. 577- 579)
Graphing Skills;
Lab Activity:
Observing a Chemical
Reaction
Tonight’s HW:
Tonight’s HW: Quest
Read p.577- 579, acids
Quest HW due 10/3-4
HW due 10/7-8
1
8
B
:
A
9
10
B
Test:
Chemical
B
4
11
Staff In-Service
No School
Nomenclature
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
A
Chapter 7:
“A Mole is Many
Things” Mol samples
The mole, Avogadro,
Representative
particles; diatomic
elements; moleparticle conversions;
molar mass (define
gam, gmm, gfm)
B
Friday
Ionic compound
practice
Quiz:
Polyatomic ions #3 and
Nomenclature of
various ionic
compounds
Lab Activity:
Patterns in Formulas
Quiz:
Nomenclature
14
Thursday
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 7
POGIL: Mole Concept
15
B
A/B
16
(PSAT testing)
Lab Activity:
Rock and Mole
Tonight’s HW:
Practice worksheet
3
A
Mole-mass;
Molar volume of a gas
at STP; Avogadro’s
hypothesis (p.347),
Gas density;
Complex conversions
Percent composition
…from exp. data,
…from formula;
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 10/21-22
17
18
B
[End of First 9-wks]
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Empirical formulas;
Molecular formulas
Define: hydrates,
effloresce, desiccant,
deliquescent
21
B
22
A
23
B
24
A
Lab Activity:
Analysis of a Hydrate
(CuSO4 hydrate)
25
“Flight 6023” wkst
Quiz:
Empirical and
molecular formulas;
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and review
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 10/25-28
B
28
A
29
B
30
Unit Test/
CBA 1:
The Mole
Concept
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 8
POGIL: Chemical
Reactions
A
Chapter 8:
Review evidence of
chemical reactions;
Law of Conservation of
Mass;
Symbols used in
equations;
Balancing equations
31
November 1
B
Tonight’s HW:
Balancing practice
November
Monday
A
Practice balancing;
Reaction types
overview;
Discussion of...
Combination
(including oxides +
water);
Decomposition
(distinguish from
dissociation);
Demos: Electrolysis;
brimstone;
dehydration of sugar;
Lab Activity:
Observing a Chemical
Reaction (Al + CuCl2);
4
Tonight’s HW: Quest
Tuesday
5
Wednesday
B
Thursday
A
6
Quiz: Balance
equations, symbols
Discussion of...
Single-replacement
(including metal
activity series and
halogen series);
Lab Activity:
Formula of a
compound (develop
solubility rules);
Discussion of...
3 types of doublereplacement including
solubility rules, using
p.887
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 11/8-11
HW due 11/6-7
4
7
Friday
B
8
A
Quiz: Predicting
products using the
activity series and
solubility table
Discussion of...
Combustion
Demo: Whoosh bottle
Lab Activity:
Classifying Reactions
Tonight’s HW:
Predicting products
worksheet
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11
A
12
B
13
B
19
B
22
A
Reactions
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
A
Chapter9:
Interpreting equations;
Mol-mol, mass-mass
calculations;
15
Chemical
Tonight’s HW:
18
A
14
Test:
Post-lab
Quiz: Predicting
products and
identifying reactions
Tonight’s HW:
Practice worksheet
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 9
POGIL: Stoichiometry
A
Other Stoichiometric
calculations (STP gas,
particle)
stoichiometry;
Avogadro (p.347-349);
Thermochemical
equations (p.303-306)
+H, –H;
Calculating heat;
Demo: How much heat
is released (AW p305);
20
B
21
Quiz: Various
stoichiometric
calculations;
Limiting reagents;
Percent yield
Tonight’s HW:
Practice worksheet
25
26
Staff In-Service
(Flex) No School
27
Staff In-Service
(Flex) No School
28
Holiday
29
Holiday
Holiday
Thursday
Friday
December
Monday
2
Tuesday
B
3
Wednesday
A
B
4
Quiz: Limiting
reagent
Lab Activity:
It’s Got Gas
Midterm Lab
5
A
Midterm Lab
Activity:
Copper Lab [Part 2-3]
Quiz:
Limiting reagents;
Practice percent yield
Activity:
Copper Lab [Part 1]
(Hand out Midterm
Exam Review)
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 12/5-6
Tonight’s HW:
Practice worksheet
5
6
B
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9
B
10
Midterm Lab
Activity:
Copper Lab [Part 4-6]
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 12/11-12
A
11
B
12
A
13
Quiz: Percent yield;
Practice problems
Review
Midterm Lab
Test:
Activity:
Copper Lab [Part 7,
cleanup]
Tonight’s HW:
Stoichiometry
Study for Midterms
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
B
16
A
17
B
18
Midterm Exams
A
19
Midterm Exams
B
20
[End of 2nd 9-wks]
Midterm Exams
Midterm Exams
23
24
Winter Break
30
25
Winter Break
31
Winter Break
26
Winter Break
Winter Break
January 1
Winter Break
27
Winter Break
2
Winter Break
3
Winter Break
Winter Break
Thursday
Friday
January
Monday
6
Staff In-Service
No School
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
A/B
Lab Activity:
Charles’s law and
Absolute Zero
(graphing)
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapters 10.1
and 12
POGIL: Gases
A
8
In chapter 10.1:
Gas pressure units,
barometer
Chapter12:
Factors affecting gas
pressure [syringes];
Variables: P, V, T, n;
Dalton’s Law;
Boyle’s, Charles’s,
Gay Lussac’s Law;
Combined Gas Law,
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 1/10-13
6
9
B
A
Avogadro’s
Hypothesis
Derive R
Ideal Gas Law
Practice various gas
problems
Lab Activity: How
Much Gas in the
Classroom?
10
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B
A
Gas Practice Problems
Quiz: Gas
14
B
15
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 1/10-13
A
Lab Activity:
Gas Law Stations:
Boyle, Charles, GayLussac
(Vernier Lab-Pros);
16
17
B
24
B
31
A
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
20
Staff In-Service
No School
21
A
22
B
23
B
29
A
Practice electron
configurations
(Emphasize difference
between energy level,
sublevel, orbital);
Exceptions to the
aufbau order (Cu, Cr
only);
Worksheet on
electrons;
(Pre-AP: Quantum
numbers)
Lab Activity:
Flame Test Lab
(splints)
30
Unit Test/
CBA 2:
Gas Behavior
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 13;
POGIL: Electron
Energy and Light
A
Demo: Standing Wave
generator
Planck and quantized
energy; standing
waves; particle/wave
nature of light;
Einstein and the
Photoelectric effect; de
Broglie’s matter
waves; Heisenberg’s
Uncertainty Principle;
Schrödinger’s wave
functions (atomic
orbitals); Electron
configurations using
aufbau diagram;
Pauli excl./Hund’s rule
27
28
7
A
Chapter13:
Wave properties;
Models: Dalton,
Thomson, Rutherford;
Atomic emission &
absorption spectra;
Bohr’s model (energy
levels)
Activity:
Atomic spectra &
Bohr model
(spectroscopes)
B
Quiz: Electron
configurations;
Quantum number
practice
Tonight’s HW: Quest
HW due 2/4-5
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February
Monday
Tuesday
B
3
A
Demo:
Howling gummy bear
Chapter14:
Mendeleev, Moseley;
Periodic Law;
Patterns in electron
configurations (with
periodic table);
Configurations of
Group A ions/Group B
ions;
10
Wednesday
A
Quiz: Quantum
numbers
Video: Atom: Clash of
the Titans (49 min)
DE
4
Bad Weather
Make Up Day
B
5
B
14
A
Electrons in
Atoms
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 14;
POGIL: Periodic
Trends
B
7
Test:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
11
Friday
A
6
Tonight’s HW:
A
12
13
B
Activity:
S,P,D,F Bingo;
Periodic trends:
atomic radii,
ionization energy
,ionic radii, electron
affinity, and
electronegativity
(Explain trends with
structure of atoms)
Lab Activity:
Mendeleev’s Cards
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Tonight’s HW:
Activity: Cut and
paste periodic table
17
Thursday
Quest HW due 2/1418
18
B
A
19
Test:
Periodic
Trends
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 15;
POGIL: Chemical
Bonding
20
B
A
Chapter15:
Ionic vs. molecular
compounds;
Lewis dot structures;
Octet rule;
Ionic bonding,
properties of ionic
compounds;
Metallic bonding;
Properties of metals:
malleability, ductility,
conductivity; Crystal
structure (brief), alloys
21
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 16.1-2
8
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24
A
Chapter16:
Single, double, triple
covalent bonding;
Sigma and pi bonds;
Bond properties…
bond order, bond
length;
Coordinate covalent
bond (NH4+, CO);
Resonance (O3, CO32-)
25
B
26
A
27
B
28
Practice drawing
molecules;
Structural pairs and
VSEPR theory
Lab Activity:
Polyvinyl Slime
Tonight’s HW:
Predicting bond angles
wkst
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 2/27-28
March
Monday
Tuesday
A
4
B
A
3
Wednesday
Bond polarity and
electronegativity;
Molecular polarity;
Describing polarity;
Worksheet on polarity
Thursday
A
5
B
6
Test:
Lab Activity:
3-D Molecular Models
Bonding
Chemical
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 16.3
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 3/5-6
11
Spring Break
A
7
Quiz: Molecular
shapes and polarity;
Tonight’s HW:
10
Friday
12
Spring Break
13
Spring Break
9
14
Spring Break
Spring Break
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B
A
Chapter 16.3:
Intermolecular Forces:
Dispersion forces,
dipole interactions,
hydrogen bonding;
Effect of IMFs on
melting point &
solubility
18
B
19
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapters 10.2-3 &
11
POGIL: Liquids and
Solids
A
Chapter 10.2-10.3:
Liquids: Define vapor,
vaporization,
evaporation, boiling,
viscosity, vapor
pressure;
Solids: Define
allotrope, crystal
lattice, unit cell,
amorphous, buoyancy;
Types of solids:
Atomic (incl. metallic),
Ionic, Molecular,
Covalent Network;
Changes of state:
Define normal b p,
sublimation; Phase
diagrams, Heating
curves
POGIL:
Thermochemistry
20
21
B
[End of Third 9-wks]
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 3/24-25
A
Chapter 11:
Chapter 11.1 to 11.3:
Heat vs. temperature;
Heat capacity and
specific heat (q=cmt);
Review heating curves
Heat transfer in phase
changes (q=mH)
Calorimetry
Heat of solution
Specific heat wkst;
24
25
B
A
Enthalpy and Hess’s
Law
Heat transfer problems
Lab Activity:
How Hot is the Nail?
26
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
27
B
28
Unit Test/
CBA 3:
IMFs,
Liquids, Solids,
Thermochemistry
Tonight’s HW:
Tonight’s HW:
Read chapter 17;
POGIL: Solutions
Quest HW due 3/26-27
10
A
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April
Monday
Tuesday
*B
[*STAAR English 1 & 2
will be Mar 31-April 3]
March 31
1
Wednesday
*A
Thursday
*B
2
Chapter 17:
Properties of Water
Aqueous solutions
“Like dissolves like”
Electrolytes
Colloids, suspensions
Tonight’s HW:
Read Ch. 18
Friday
*A
Chapter 18:
Factors affecting rate
of dissolving; Factors
affecting solubility;
Henry’s Law
Saturation;
Concentration units:
Molarity, dilutions,
percent solutions, mole
fraction;
3
B
4
Tonight’s HW:
Concentration Units
Worksheet
7
A
8
B
Lab Activity:
Supersaturation;
Molality;
Worksheet on
concentrations
Review vapor pressure;
Colligative properties
(vapor pressure
lowering, b.p. elevation
f. p. depression);
Moles of solute vs.
moles of particles (the
van’t Hoff factor);
A
Calculations involving
colligative properties
Lab Activity:
Ice Cream Lab
9
10
B
A
Worksheet on
colligative properties
Quiz: Colligative
properties
11
Tonight’s HW:
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Quest HW due 4/11-14
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 4/9-10
14
B
15
A
B
16
Test:
Water and
Solutions
Tonight’s HW:
Read Ch. 20.1-3, 21.1;
POGIL: Acids and
Bases
11
A
Chapter 20.1 to 20.3:
Acid, base properties,
acid nomenclature,
Effect of acids/bases
on ecological systems
Ion product constant
for water (Kw); [H+],
[H3O+], [OH-];
Acid, base or neutral?
The pH concept
17
18
Holiday
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21
A
22
23
B
24
30
A
May 1
Lab Activity:
pH of Household
Substances (with
calculations)
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 4/24-25
A
28
B
29
A
Arrhennius acid/base,
(mono-, di-,
polyprotic);
Bronsted acids/bases,
(conjugate acid-base
pairs)
Strong vs. weak acids
and bases (with
structural reasons)
B
Pre-lab: titration
procedure; preparation
of solutions
Chapter 21.1:
Neutralization
reactions, titration
instruction
Practice problems on
pH
Lab Activity:
Indicators
Tonight’s HW:
Quest HW due 4/305/1
25
B
2
A
Test:
Acid-Base
Chemistry
Tonight’s HW:
Tonight’s HW:
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Read Ch. 28
May
Monday
Tuesday
**B
[**STAAR Alg/Bio/US
History/all AP Exams
will be May 5-16]
6
**A
Chapter 28:
Discovery of
radioactivity:
Becquerel, Curie,
Rutherford;
Types of decay: alpha,
beta, gamma, positron;
Decay equations
Transmutation rxns;
Decay series;
13
5
12
Wednesday
**A
Friday
7
**B
8
**A
Lab Activity:
Acid-Base Titration –
Part B (analysis of
vinegar solution)
POGIL: Radioactivity
9
14
**A
15
** B
(World Hist.AP Exam)
16
Lab Activity:
Acid-Base Titration –
Part A (standardization
of NaOH solution)
**B
Thursday
Half-life (worksheet)
Radiocarbon dating
Lab Activity:
Half life of M&Ms
POGIL: Redox
Demo: Geiger counter
Tonight’s HW:
Read Ch. 22.1-2
12
** B
**A
Chapter 22.1-22.2:
Define oxidation and
reduction (in terms of
adding /removing
oxygen,
removing/adding
hydrogen, loss/gain of
electrons)
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19
A
Rules for assigning
oxidation numbers;
Define oxidation and
reduction in terms of
increase/decrease in
oxidation state;
Corrosion and
electroplating
20
B
21
Study notes and
complete review sheet
to prepare for test
Quest HW due 5/22-23
A
27
Holiday
B
23
Tonight’s HW:
Tonight’s HW:
26
A
Worksheet on
oxidation numbers;
Identifying redox
reactions (p.660-663);
Identify oxidizing
agents, reducing agents
Quiz: Redox
22
B
28
Test:
Nuclear
A
Video: The Atomic
Bomb Movie
29
B
30
Lab Activity:
Electrochemical cells
Chemistry and
OxidationReduction
June
Monday
2
Final Exams
Tuesday
A
3
Final Exams
Wednesday
B
Thursday
A
4
5
Final Exams
Final Exams
(Early release?)
(Early release?)
Friday
B
6
Bad Weather
Make Up Day
[Staff
Workday]
13